Lille katt

"Lille katt"
Song
from the album Astrid Lindgrens Emil i Lönneberga
Released	1971 (1971)
Genre	children's song
Composer(s)	Georg Riedel
Lyricist(s)	Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren in 1924

"Lille katt" (English: Little cat) is a Swedish children's song. The lyrics were written by the author Astrid Lindgren. The music was composed by Georg Riedel.

It appears in the 1972 film Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga.

Publication

• Barnvisboken, 1977, as "Lille katt, lille kat" ("Lilla Idas visa")
• Smått å Gott, 1977
• Barnvisor och sånglekar till enkelt komp, 1984

Recordings

An early recording was done on 1971 album Astrid Lindgrens Emil i Lönneberga.^[1] The song has also been recorded by Lisa Nilsson (1999)^[2] and Siw Malmkvist and Tove Malmkvist^[3] The song was also recorded by Wooffisarna & Lill-Babs on 1980 album Wooffisarna & Lill-Babs.^[4] In 1991, the song was recorded in Persian by Simin Habibi, as "Gurba-ji kucik".^[5]

German singer-songwriter Lena Meyer-Landrut recorded Lille katt for her third studio album Stardust in 2012 as a hidden track.

References

1. "Astrid Lindgrens Emil i Lönneberga" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1971. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
2. "Barn på nytt" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1999. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
3. "Guldkorn" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2003. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
4. "Wooffisarna & Lill-Babs" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1980. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
5. "Sånger för smått folk = Tarana-ha-yi kudakan" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1991. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

External links

• Lille Katt on YouTube